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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area

stay cool
More Nanaimo & Oceanside temperature records tumble as heat wave persists
NANAIMO - For the third time in as many days, the Harbour City has rewritten Environment Canada's record books. The mercury at the Nanaimo Airport monitoring station reached 29.1 degrees Celsius on Monday, May 4, breaking a record of 26.4 degrees set back in 1980. Qualicum Beach also set a new benchmark for the day wit...
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rebuilding
Drive-thru included in new development at Parksville Heritage Complex site
PARKSVILLE - Development is proceeding at a highly visible commercial property following a fire nearly four years ago. Councillors unanimously voted in favour of an amended development permit, with a few amendments attached, to construct three new commercial buildings and make other improvements at 1209 Island Hwy. E, ...
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bear's buddies
'So many people are behind us:' mid-Island animal hospice facing funding shortfall
QUALICUM BEACH - A local vet is agonizingly close to realizing her dream of creating a retirement and hospice home for local dogs and cats.Construction is already underway on a 22-acre property along the Island Hwy. north of Qualicum Beach, affectionately named Bear's Buddies Animal Sanctuary, where senior, medically f...
May 04, 2026
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Robotic Club
Dover Bay robots charging up for nationals
NANAIMO - An emerging high school robotics club is taking its talents to Toronto after winning regional and provincial competitions. Dover Bay Robotics is charging up for the Skills Canada National Competition at the end of May, featuring high school students from across the country competing in over 40 trade and techn...
May 04, 2026
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weekend scorcher
Nanaimo temperature records tumble amid early May heatwave
NANAIMO - The first weekend of May proved to be one for the record books-literally. Data from Environment Canada showed the monitoring station at Nanaimo Airport registered record temperatures on both Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, as a ridge of high pressure brought unseasonably warm conditions and largely clear,...
May 04, 2026
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telus living
First residents moving into new downtown Nanaimo rental complex
NANAIMO - A major housing development is welcoming its first residents in the city's downtown. The first phase of a 195-unit, multi-storey rental housing build at the corner of Wallace St. and Wentworth St., owned and operated by TELUS Living, received an occupancy permit on Thursday, April 30, and began welcoming resi...
May 04, 2026
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British Columbia

B.C. man's killing spurred housing law reform. Relatives wonder why it's unsolved
It's been just over a year since Keith Scott was found dead in a Victoria supportive housing building, and his ex-wife says their daughter still asks every day why the killer hasn't been brought to justice. "I don't have an answer for her," said Cassi...
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Police investigate overnight homicide in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Police say one person has been killed in a shooting in the British Columbia Interior city of Kamloops. Mounties have not released any information on the circumstances surrounding the shooting, only noting that the case is being investigated ...
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Lawyer says client didn't try to kill Vancouver café patron. Crown calls accused liar
VANCOUVER - The judge in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver café patron to death has been presented with two views of the suspect - as someone unable to understand the consequences of his actions due to an "unmedicated psychotic state," ...
16h ago
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Eby hits back at claim B.C. minister is under investigation for helping China
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says neither the RCMP nor Canada's spy agency have ever raised concerns about his cabinet or caucus, after Vancouver's ex-mayor said a minister was being investigated for collaborating with China's government. Eby said Tues...
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim vows to use 'all tools' to block overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to block the opening of a planned overdose prevention site in the city's downtown, promising to "use all tools available" in trying to do so. Sim, whose ABC party holds seven of the 11 seats in Vancouver's ...
18h ago
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Man dead in 'targeted' daylight shooting at Surrey, B.C., business
SURREY - Homicide investigators say a deadly daylight shooting at a business in Surrey, B.C., on Monday afternoon is believed to have been a "targeted incident." The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man in his 30s is dead after being shot ...
18h ago
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Canada

In the news today: ChatGPT privacy, OPP funeral, Alert Ready test, Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Report on OpenAI expected from federal, provincial privacy watchdogs today Privacy watchdogs plan to release a report today on OpenAI, the company behind the popu...
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Canada's Alert Ready system to be tested in most provinces today
OTTAWA - Canadians across most of the country will hear the shrill screeching siren of the public alerting system today. A test message and tone from Alert Ready will be broadcast on television, radio and compatible wireless devices. Test messages will...
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'Important that we unite': Canadians cheering on Canadiens in Stanley Cup bid
EDMONTON - James Obenauer-Fossett may have an Edmonton Oilers tattoo on his shoulder, but for this playoff run the Habs have his allegiance. He and other hockey fans across Canada are rallying behind the Montreal Canadiens, the last team standing north...
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B.C. man's killing spurred housing law reform. Relatives wonder why it's unsolved
It's been just over a year since Keith Scott was found dead in a Victoria supportive housing building, and his ex-wife says their daughter still asks every day why the killer hasn't been brought to justice. "I don't have an answer for her," said Cassi...
2h ago
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Report on OpenAI expected from federal, provincial privacy watchdogs today
OTTAWA - Privacy watchdogs plan to release a report today on OpenAI, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT. Federal privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said just over three years ago that his office was inve...
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Canadian company's winning innovation a giant leap for drinking water on the moon
MONTREAL - On the moon, access to drinking water could mean the difference between short visits and a permanent human presence, and a Canadian company's award-winning invention has made colonizing Earth's natural satellite more within reach. "There's ...
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